dbphd
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| Adding sub question I don't understand the posts of Bo1972. What does fast mean in terms of a sub aimed at reproducing LF? Why stereo for subs rather than mode smoothing, given the pyschoacoustic literature on LF localization?If I were OP, I'd pay attention to Al, an... | |
| OPPO BDP-95 The Oppo BDP-105 has no fan, but the fan on our 95 never bothered me. When we got the 105 we moved the 95 to our living room.db | |
| Need help with splitting XLR OUTPUT In rereading it, I realize the 2nd paragraph of my previous post doesn't make much sense without further explanation about the particular setup that is not worth going into.db | |
| Need help with splitting XLR OUTPUT Thanks, Al. I think I'll leave well enough alone as you suggest. Oppo told me that 0.1 is sent to the subs regardless of the settings for the speakers, so I use the stereo output for the LR front of 7.1, because Oppo gives stereo special analog pr... | |
| Need help with splitting XLR OUTPUT I use a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s with an SMS-1 bass manager. All the connections of the Cary 11a, SMS-1, and the two subs are XLR. Velodyne suggested I just split the XLR output of the SMS-1 to the two subs. It's an easy solution and the one I'm u... | |
| Need help with splitting XLR OUTPUT I use Jensen transformers to go from balanced to unbalanced lines. I sent an email a couple of weeks ago to Jensen asking about transformers to go from unbalanced to balanced lines. There's been no response from Jensen.db | |
| What's the sonic advantage of bi-wiring I suppose it depends on how narrowly you define high-end. But what's the point? I think your recency notion is incorrect, but what difference does it make to the question of whether biwiring is efficacious.db | |
| Proceed hpa3 + hpa2 or simaudio titan? Internetmin writes, "The local shops that I looked at--even the former Proceed dealers--don't have the local know-how to repair them any longer." That differs from my experience in Santa Barbara. My Amp 3 was repaired locally, and the shop comment... | |
| What's the sonic advantage of bi-wiring I assume Csontos means recent few decades when he says recent practice. I was introduced to the idea of biwiring more than 40 years ago by a high-end shop in Palo Alto, CA when I bought my first Proceed amp and KEF speakers.db | |
| Proceed hpa3 + hpa2 or simaudio titan? My experience with Proceed amps is that they're pretty bullet proof. I've used several Amp 2s for decades. Given that the HPA 3 weighs about 100 pounds, it seems more reasonable to explore a local shop that deals with high-end stuff to do any repa... | |
| Proceed hpa3 + hpa2 or simaudio titan? I've never heard a Simaudio Titan, but I have Proceed HPA 2 & 3 amps that I use daily. They are superb.db | |
| Voice regognition remote? Bobbob, I think the guy was blowing smoke. It shouldn't happen. A code word, e.g. SIRI, might be used to alert the system, but that's all.db | |
| Voice regognition remote? You shouldn't have to press a button to activate speech recognition. It should have pretty robust recognition of a code word. Versions of the technology are used for word spotting in which the system "listens" for specific words or phrases, often ... | |
| Has the Oppo carried the AV industry? Edorr hit a home run with his post. It's precise and to the point.db | |
| Has the Oppo carried the AV industry? avgoround writes, "picture quality alone (which, btw, should be the only real thing that matters for a Bluray player)"I suspect he hasn't heard music Blu-rays with DTS MA HD or Dolby True HD; in fact, I suspect his experience with the video or aud... |